Georgia Institute of Technology

ECE 6331-A- Assignment #1

(Due: 09/03/2014 in the class)

The main purpose of this assignment is to review the basic concepts. All
background materials of this assignment can be found in Power System
Analysis, by Grainger & Stevenson, Chapter 6.

Per unit length parameters of a 60-Hz, three-phase, balanced, 300 miles,
220-kV line are:

6 1
8 1
0.028 /km
x 0.325 /km
y 5.2 10 ( .km)
5 10 ( .km)
l
c
o
r
g







(Base values for per utilization: 100 , =220-kV
base base
VA MVA V )
Line equations are:

cosh( ) sinh( )
cosh( ) ( / )sinh( )
R R C
R R C
V V x I Z x
I I x V Z x






Where x is the distance from the receiving end.

(a) Assume that voltage at both ends of the line is regulated at 1.0 per unit.
Also assume that the reference phasor is the receiving end voltage.

(a-1) Assume that the line can be approximated as a short line (
0
1 0 A and
0
90
L
B X ). Plot ( ), ( ), ( ), ( ), ( )
S R Line S R
P P P Q Q and ( )
Line
Q . Also
plot voltage profile of the line for
0 0 0
0 , 25 , 50 and
0
75 .
Realistically, how much (real) power can be delivered to the receiving end by
the line?

(a-2) Repeat part (a-1) if the line is not to be approximated as a short line and
to be represented as a distributed-parameter, long line.

(a-3) Compare corresponding results of (a1) and (a2) and identify maximum
error for each of the variables due to short-line approximation.
(b) Assume that the sending end voltage of the line is adjusted at 1 per
unit, and the receiving end is open-circuit (with no voltage control).

(b-1) Calculate the receiving end voltage and plot voltage profile of the line,
if the line is approximated by a short line.

(b-2) Repeat section (b-1) if the line is represented as a long line. Also
calculate sending end current (charging current).

(b-3) Plot the difference between the voltage profiles of section (b-1) and (b-
2).

(b-4) Is the voltage profile of section (b-2) (no-load) acceptable? If not, why?
If not, how the voltage profile should approximately look like? How can your
proposed voltage profile be achieved?